Let's remember the popular musical groups of the 90s and 2000s, to the songs of which the whole country then danced, and also learn about how the further fate their members.
t.A.T.u. The group was created in 1999 and initially actively exploited the image of same-sex love in both songs and videos, which to some extent became the key to success. In 2003, Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina even participated in Eurovision, finishing third. Six years after that, after going through an impressive international success, the team dispersed.
Volkova began her solo career. Back in 2004, she gave birth to a daughter, Victoria, and three years later she became the wife of the son of a businessman, Parviz Yasinov, to whom she gave birth to a son, Samir.
Elena Katina has been participating in the international solo project Lena Katina since 2009, she moved to Los Angeles. The performer is married to Slovenian rock musician Sasho Kuzmanovich, to whom she gave birth to a son two years ago.
"Lyceum". The girl trio consisting of Nastya Makarevich, Lena Perova and Izolda Ishkhanishvili made their debut in the TV show "Morning Star" in 1995, and the song "Autumn" became their main hit.
Lena Perova was the first to be fired from the group, and after a while Izolda also left. Constantly in the group, only Nastya Makarevich is still present, whose company is made up of different girls. Now the Lyceum star is 40 years old, she is married to a lawyer, she has two sons.
Izolda Ishkhanishvili retired from show business, lives in Switzerland, runs a luxury cosmetics business and is the wife of construction magnate Dmitry Desyatnikov, to whom she gave birth to a son five years ago.
Elena Perova tried to return to show business, wrote songs and soundtracks for films, hosted talk shows, participated in various television projects and even starred in TV shows, and besides, she struggled with alcohol and drug addictions, got into car accidents. Not married, no children.
"HiFi". The official founding date of the group is August 2, 1998, when the producer brought together the artists Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and Oksana Oleshko. Producer Pavel Yesenin himself planned to become the soloist of the group, but not wanting to go on tour, he made Fomin his "avatar", who began to "sing" the songs recorded by Yesenin's voice.
In early 2003, Oksana Oleshko left the group and show business, deciding to devote herself entirely to her family. Her place was taken by the now famous performers Tatyana Tereshina and Katya Li, who also did not stay in the team.
In early 2009, the popularity of "Hi-Fi" fell and for the sake of a solo career, the band left Mitya Fomin, who has since been busy with solo work. "Hi-Fi" is a duet of Timofey Pronkin and changing vocalists.
"Arrows". The pop group was created by the Soyuz studio in 1997, out of four thousand applicants, seven were selected into its composition: Yulia "Yu-Yu" Dolgasheva, Svetlana "Gera" Bobkina, Maria "Margo" Korneeva, Ekaterina "Radio Operator Kat" Kravtsova, Maria "Mouse" Soloviev, Anastasia "Stasya" Motherland and Leah Bykov.
By the beginning of the 2000s, the composition had changed considerably, which caused the popularity to decline. Both 2004 and 2009 are recognized as the date of the breakup of the group. In August 2015, Strelka announced the reunion of the team in the golden line-up, although today only a trio remains of it.
"Bachelor party". The hip-hop trio was founded in 1991 by producer Alexei Adamov. The sung details of intimate life to the rhythms of North American rap became the key to the success of the team.
"Bachelor Party" lasted until 1996, after which the musicians closed the project. Andrey "Dolphin" Lysikov began his solo career, which he continues to this day. Married to photographer Lika Gulliver, father of two children.
Pavel "Mutabor" Galkin and Andrey "Dan" Kotov tried to revive the group, recorded several albums, but the time for the "Bachelor Party" had already passed. As DJ Mutabor performs in various clubs in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, London, New York, Dublin, etc.
"Hands up!". The group appeared in 1993, when Sergey Zhukov and Alexey Potekhin, radio DJs of the Samara "Europe Plus", recorded several songs and gave them to friends at the radio station "Maximum" ... Soon, under "Student", "Ai-Yai-Yai", "My Baby and "I'm 18 already" were danced by schoolgirls all over the country.
The team broke up in 2006 and the guys have not disclosed the reasons for this until now. Alexey Potekhin started producing young performers. Married twice, has a daughter.
Sergey Zhukov continued to perform first solo, and then again under the name "Hands Up!". The performer is married for the second time, is the father of four children.
"Russian size". The team gave the listeners dozens of dance hits: "Angel of the Day", "Star of Separation", "Spring", "Like this" ... Soon soloists and producers began to constantly change in the group, and a conflict arose between the founding fathers.
Now Dmitry Kopotilov, the author of the group's main hits, continues to perform under the Russian Size brand. The musician is married and has a son.
The current group of Viktor Bondaryuk was called "Project Size", and now it is called "140 beats per minute". The musician is married to the actress of the series "Kitchen" Irina Temicheva.
Ivanushki International. Boy band - the favorites of schoolgirls of the 90s. The group still exists, but Kirill Andreev and Andrey Grigoriev-Apollonov remained in it from the initial composition.
In March 1998, Igor Sorin decided to pursue a solo career, and in September of the same year, the musician died, according to investigators, after falling from the balcony of the sixth floor.
Igor's place in the group was taken by Oleg Yakovlev, who left the band in 2013 also for a solo project. Last summer, the performer died of cardiac arrest due to bilateral pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver.
And this is what "Ivanushki International" version of 2017 looks like.
"Demo". The group with vocalist Sasha Zvereva "shot" in 1999 with the hit "Sun in Hands".
Zvereva performed under the name of the group until 2011. Now the girl lives in Los Angeles, is engaged in design and raises three children.
The Brilliant were one of the most popular girl groups of the 90s. Its first composition was Olga Orlova, Polina Iodis, Irina Lukyanova and Zhanna Friske, and Orlova sang mostly, while the rest danced and performed backing vocals.
At the end of 1998, Polina Iodis left the group, took up extreme sports, and hosted the Accessible Extreme program on MTV Russia. Since 2010, the girl has been living in Bali and surfing.
In March 2003, Irina Lukyanova left the team, devoting herself to her family and soon to be born daughter Anya. Perhaps everyone knows about the sad fate of Zhanna Friske.
After leaving the group, Olga Orlova performed with solo projects, acted in films, played in the theater, and other performers performed and continue performing under the brand "Brilliant" for a long time.
"Virus!". The famous hits of the group were the songs "Pens", "Everything will pass", "I'll ask you", "Happiness" and others. The first line-up of the band was Olga Lucky Kozina - vocalist, author of words and music, as well as keyboardists Yuri Stupnik and Andrei Gudas.
In 2011, Olga Lucky presented her new musical project "The CATS" to the public, but this moment and the group "Virus!" actively tours and releases new songs.
"Visitors from the future". The duet group of Eva Polna and Yuri Usachev shot in 1998 the hit "Run from me", which broke all records of popularity.
In the spring of 2009, Eva Polna announced the breakup of the group and the start of her solo career. In addition to music, she is fond of fashion and raises two daughters, Evelina and Amalia.
Back in 2002, Yuri Usachev became the general producer of the Gramophone Records recording company. Now he devotes himself to new projects "Art-house", "My-Ti" and "Zventa Sventana", tours as a DJ, collaborates as a sound producer with the stars of Russian show business. His wife is a famous performer Tina Kuznetsov
reflex. A dance pop project, which for a long time included one Irina Nelson, which in early 2000 was joined by dancers and backing vocalists Alena Torganova and Denis Davidovsky.
Since 2012, Irina has been combining her solo career with work in a team as the main soloist. Married with a second marriage since 1993, there is a son Anton from his first marriage, who has already made the performer a grandmother.
On March 25, 2016, group member Alena Torganova announced her departure from the group, having worked in the team for fifteen years.
"Dirty scammers". The performers of the hits "Quit Smoking", "Everything Different", "I Love", "Love Me, Love" first performed together on December 8, 1996. Now Sergey "Amoralov" Surovenko and Vyacheslav "Tom-Chaos Junior" Zinurov remained in the team from the original composition.
Igor "Garik" Bogomazov worked in the group from 1996 to 2011, and after leaving he hardly communicates with journalists, does not engage in creative work. According to him, his wife insisted on leaving show business, with whom he eventually divorced. According to media reports, now Igor is too addicted to alcohol.
"Tea for Two". The duet of the composer and singer Denis Klyaver and the poet, singer, businessman and actor Stas Kostyushkin existed from 1994 to 2012.
Now Denis Klyaver is pursuing a solo career. Married with a third marriage, the father of two sons, and besides this, in 2010 he officially recognized the fact of his paternity of Eva Polna's daughter Evelyn.
Stas Kostyushkin launched a new project "A-Dessa". Also married with a third marriage, the father of three sons.
plasma. The group consisting of Roman Chernitsyn and Maxim Postelny was one of the first to start performing songs exclusively on English language for Russian speaking audience.
The team still exists, although they have released only four albums so far. Roman Chernitsyn was married to Irina Dubtsova, who bore him a son, Artem.
Prime Minister. The Russian pop group, formed in 1997, included Vyacheslav Bodolika, Peter Jason, Jean Grigoriev-Milimerov and Dmitry Lansky in golden times.
At the end of 2005, due to disagreements with the producer, Jean, Peter, Vyacheslav and Marat began to work independently, but since the rights to the name "Prime Minister" did not belong to them, they were forced to call themselves "PM Group". And their former producer recruited a new line-up of the group under the same brand.
At the beginning of 2014, Vyacheslav Bodolika left the PM Group and went to Spain.
Do you remember Vlad Stashevsky, Andrey Gubin, Irina Saltykova and many other Russian stars who were rocking in the 90s? Most of their hits, we will remember all our lives. And even despite the fact that many of the performers of the famous hits have long disappeared from sight, they still have their fans and admirers.
Today's list includes 12 Russian stars of the 90s who, for various reasons, had to leave the stage. You will be able to assess how they looked then and now.
Hits performer " Pink flamingo"and" Poor Sheep "now looks no worse than 30 years ago. This is facilitated by regular sports and a harmonious personal life: for 8 years the singer has been happy with David Vardanyan, who is 14 years younger than her. With a creative life, too, everything is in order: the singer recently recorded a new disc.
2: Marina Khlebnikova, 51
The charming brunette Marina Khlebnikova became famous thanks to the hits "A Cup of Coffee", "Kao-Cocoa", "Rain". However, the singer did not last long on the wave of popularity and went into the shadows. For a long time nothing was known about her, and many thought that Marina had problems with alcohol. The singer denied these rumors, saying that she did not stop working, and chronic sinusitis became the reason for her leaving the stage.
Now the actress continues to engage in creativity. She lives in Moscow with her 18-year-old daughter Dominika. Marina divorced the girl's father when she was still very young.
3: Lada Dance, 51 years old
Lada Dance became famous not only as a pop singer, but also as a talented actress. She starred in several films and TV series, including the famous "Balzac age or all men are theirs ..."
In 2006, Lada opened a recruitment agency for the selection of domestic staff "Irreproachable Personnel", which has been successfully operating to this day. Celebrities often use agency services. Now Lada Dance periodically performs in nightclubs and takes part in various TV shows. She leads healthy lifestyle lives, eats right, plays sports, carefully cares for the skin of the face and, as a result, looks great.
4: Kai Metov, 53
Kai Metov recorded his first songs in 1991, and they instantly became popular. In 1993, his first album "Position No. 2" was released, the composition of the same name from which immediately became a hit.
Currently, the singer continues to tour and perform at concerts. He is also in the cosmetics business. The musician does not like to talk about his personal life: it is only known that he has three adult children from three different women.
5: Alena Apina, 53 years old
Alena Apina began her career as part of the Combination group. Popularity was brought to her by uncomplicated songs such as "Accountant", "Two Pieces of Sausage", "Cherry Nine".
In 2001, the singer had a daughter, Ksenia, and Apina left show business, devoting herself to raising a child. For some time she even worked as a music teacher at Ksyushina's school.
In 2017, Apina decided to return to show business and starred in the video for the song "Proximity", which caused a flurry of a wide variety of reviews: from enthusiastic to sharply condemning. Many felt that it was unworthy for a 52-year-old woman to act in such a candid video.
6: Andrey Gubin, 43
Andrei Gubin's career began simply brilliantly, his album "The Tramp Boy" sold half a million copies, and crowds of fans literally pursued the young and promising musician.
Unfortunately due to illness nervous system Andrey was forced to leave show business and go into the shadows, thanks to which he got on the list. The disease prevented the singer from arranging his personal life: he has never been officially married and has no children. Now Andrei lives very modestly and rarely gives interviews. At the same time, he continues to write songs and, perhaps, will someday make himself known.
7: Vlad Stashevsky, 43
The first album of young Vlad Stashevsky was released in 1993 and was very well received by the public. Then Vlad released six more albums. Now Vlad Stashevsky is one of the leaders of a large chemical enterprise. Occasionally he performs in clubs and corporate parties. The singer is married for the second time and has two sons.
8: Irina Saltykova, 51
Irina Saltykova is certainly a desperate and determined woman. It was thanks to the ability to take risks that she took place in show business. In order to record the first album, Irina had to mortgage her apartment and jewelry. But already the first video for the song "Grey Eyes" made her a star.
Now the singer continues to record songs and occasionally gives concerts in Russian cities. She was married only once, to musician Viktor Saltykov. Their divorce took place more than 20 years ago, but Irina still cannot recover from the breakup. The singer calls her daughter Alice, who lives in England, the closest person.
9: Natalya Vetlitskaya, 53
Dmitry Malikov, Vlad Stashevsky and Zhenya Belousov could not resist the charms of this bright blonde at one time. In the 90s, she was the main sex symbol of the country, her skimpy outfits then seemed too bold, and her hits "Playboy" and "Look into your eyes" were mega-popular.
In 2004, Vetlitskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ulyana, and left show business. She settled in Spain and no longer gives concerts. Sometimes he reminds of himself with provocative posts on social networks, where he speaks very negatively about Russia.
10: Dmitry Malikov
Dmitry Malikov was born into a family of musicians and already in early childhood started playing music. At the age of 18, he recorded his first songs, which made him famous. Thanks to his pleasant appearance, Dmitry quickly acquired a crowd of fans. However, the musician turned out to be extremely constant: since 1992, he has been faithful to his wife Elena. The couple have a charming daughter, Stephanie, who has already achieved her first successes as a model.
Dmitry Malikov lives a busy creative life: he continues to write songs, and also gives piano concertos and works on various projects. In addition, the singer is actively involved in charity work.
11: Anzhelika Varum, 48
Anzhelika Varum was born into a creative family and has been involved in music since childhood. In the 90s, she recorded several songs, the music for which was written by her father, composer Yuri Varum. All compositions immediately became popular, and the young singer became a star overnight.
In 1997 Varum began collaborating with young musician Leonid Agutin. Soon their creative union grew into a family one. For 20 years of living together, Angelica and Leonid have practically become one: fans claim that they are even similar in appearance.
12: Leonid Agutin, 49
The singer's first album was released in 1994 and instantly made him popular. Since then, Agutin has been firmly at the very top of the domestic show business. Today he is still a sought-after artist: he tours, writes songs and poems, and participates in many television projects.
For 20 years, the musician has been married to the famous singer Angelika Varum. They have a daughter, Elizabeth, an aspiring musician.
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The editors of PEOPLETALK again invite you to arrange a musical break. We keep indulging in nostalgia and digging up the best of the 90s. The turn has come to remember your favorite foreign hits. All day long, the entire editorial staff recalled the posters that were pasted over our rooms, and chose the 20 hottest hits. So, wherever you are, - down with the headphones, turn on all the volume! I promise I will do the same. May our forgive me Chief Editor, but the next half hour in the office will rattle hits from the 90s. Go!
La Bouche
La Bouche is a German duo formed in 1994. Be my lover became their second single and won the ASCAP award for America's Most Performed Song.
Michael Jackson
It's hard to pick just one song from the great Michael Jackson (1958−2009), but I settled on Remember The Time. He starred in the video for this song with a multi-million dollar budget and computer special effects (53).
Britney Spears
Album Baby One More Time was released in 1999 and became the most successful for (33). Thanks to him, she won the hearts of millions of fans and gained immense popularity around the world.
Five - Everybody Get Up
As soon as these British guys hit the air, I fell in love at first sight. And the song Everybody Get Up from Five (1998) is still one of my favorites.
Spice Girls
This is the debut single of the Spice Girls, which became a real hit. The song was in rotation 502 times a week and spent seven weeks at the top of the British charts. She became the impetus for the group's global popularity, by the end of the year taking first place in the charts of 21 more countries.
Aqua-Barbie Girl
The Scandinavian band Aqua gained fame thanks to the song Barbie Girl and became a prominent representative of the Eurodance genre. The song is about Barbie and Ken dolls and their lives. Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, has filed a lawsuit against the performers for copyright infringement over the use of the Barbie image.
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin (43) is an amazing Puerto Rican pop musician. I am sure that there is no person on earth who has not heard Livin "La Vida Loca, which became the biggest hit of his career.
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys - they are one of the coolest boy pop groups, my whole room was plastered with their posters. Everybody is the first single from the Backstreet Boys' second studio album. The song has become a real hallmark of the group.
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
MC Hammer is an American rapper, his real name is Stanley Kirk Berel (52). This track was recorded and mixed in a mobile studio on the bus during the tour and became a real hit.
Mr President - Coco jumbo
Mr. President is a German dance group whose most famous song is Coco jumbo. It reached the highest chart positions in the group's history.
Ace of Base
Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group, but they sang their songs in English. The Sign - one of the most famous tracks - instantly gained popularity not only in Europe, but also here, in Russia.
Tic Tac Toe – Warum
Tic Tac Toe is one of the most successful German pop bands. And the song Warum from the group's second platinum album lasted seven weeks at the top of the charts and thundered all over the world.
Enrique Iglesias
(39) - a Spanish handsome man who won our hearts with his incendiary songs. Bailamos has become incredibly successful and has reached number one in the US.
Scooter
Scooter is a German band that has conquered the whole world. The composition Five with the famous guitar solo became the soundtrack for the films "Mortal Kombat - 2: Annihilation" and "Hackers".
Antique - Opa Opa
Antique is a Greek pop duo. The track Opa Opa became a landmark and entered the top five of the Swedish hit parade.
bad boys Blue - You Are A Woman
These are very cool guys! They have released over 30 hits that have topped the charts in many countries. And the song You Are A Woman is their most famous and favorite track.
No Doubt - Don't Speak
No Doubt is a famous pop group led by the amazing Gwen Stefani (45). Their most successful album was Tragic Kingdom, and the coolest track Don't Speak took the lead in the charts. The album sold over 230,000 copies in its first week.
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams (55) captured our hearts with his lyrical ballad (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. I am sure that every woman dreams that her beloved person would say such words to her.
Roxette
Roxette is a Swedish rock band with only two members, Per Gessle (56) and Maria Fredrikssoon (56). These guys have a lot of hits, but How Do You Do is one of my favorites.
Madonna
The incomparable Queen of Pop completes our hit parade (56)! With her ballad Frozen, she took first place in the UK charts and got a rightful second place in the list of the 100 hottest tracks in the US.
Andrey Gubin. Photo: NTV press service
For the sake of his autograph, millions of fans were ready for a lot. For more than 10 years, Andrey Gubin has not set foot on the stage. The singer went into hermitage, travels with a backpack over his shoulders in hot countries, does not stay in Moscow for a long time. And the words of his first song, which he wrote at the age of 14, seemed to be prophetic: “What are you looking for, a tramp boy in this God-forgotten country?” But after the song “Only Gubin is shorter”, which was written by Igor Nikolaev and performed by Anton Zatsepin, Andrei decided to leave the stage.
Various media wrote that he drank himself, disappears without a livelihood. But the 43-year-old Gubin himself claims: “I didn’t get drunk at all, and there’s enough money to live on.” Gubin, who 15 years ago did not eat, did not sleep and toured in order to pay for airtime, now does not give interviews even to the most persistent journalists. “There is such a carnival going on on TV right now that I just look at it all and don’t understand anything! I remain the same. I am a normal person who does what he loves, I still continue to write songs ... ”, - Andrey said in an interview.
And in another interview, the artist said that he was suffering from terrible pain in his face, and therefore did not perform. In general, it is not completely clear what happened to Andrey, and whether we will ever hear his new hits.
Vlad Stashevsky
Vlad Stashevsky. Photo: Global Look Press
In the 1990s, the singer had many fans. His star rose in 1993, when he was a student at a trade and commerce college and was celebrating the passing of a session with friends at the club. In the same place and at the same time, the famous producer Yuri Aizenshpis was resting there, who heard Vlad sing and play the piano. The producer left him a business card and a week later two creative personalities met. Several years passed, Stashevsky became successful and famous and decided to leave Aizenshpis. Here the decline in his career began - the presentation of his disc "Labyrinths" failed miserably. I had to become a businessman, to the company Volna-M LLC, which deals with the processing of metal waste. But in 2017, the company was liquidated. Now 44-year-old Vlad periodically performs in clubs, at private parties and corporate parties with his old hits: “Love doesn’t live here anymore”, “Don’t trust me, honey”, “Call me at night, I’ll come”.
Natalia Vetlitskaya
Natalya Vetlitskaya. Photo: Global Look Press
The singer, actress, sex symbol of the 90s did not arrange farewell concerts and did not make official statements, but quietly and calmly left the stage. Immediately after the birth of her daughter Ulyana in 2004, Vetlitskaya moved to Spain to give her child a European education. And 10 years ago she settled there for permanent residence. The former soloist of the Mirage group prefers the work of a restorer and designer of houses, leads a reclusive lifestyle, does not give interviews to intrusive journalists and does not participate in talk shows. From time to time, Natalya's name still appears on the net and in the media - Natalya sometimes speaks very sharply about life in Russia.
Despite the complete absence of constant concerts, Vetlitskaya is not going to give up creativity: she writes poetry, music and paintings, is fond of yoga and meditation. Now the singer is married for the fourth time: to Alexei, a yoga coach. The first husband is Pavel Smeyan, the second is Zhenya Belousov, the third is fashion model Kirill Kirin. It was also reported that Vetlitskaya managed to live with Dmitry Malikov, Pavel Vashchekin, Vlad Stashevsky, Suleiman Kerimov, Mikhail Topalov (businessman and producer, father of Vladislav Topalov) and Sergey Zverev.
Decl (Kirill Tolmatsky)
Kirill Tolmatsky. Photo: facebook.com
1999: he is 16, and for the first time he enters the stage a little bit, but in the very center of Moscow, on Manezhnaya Square, where the Kremlin is within easy reach. “It was my first serious performance. Everything was, of course, done tyap-blunder. But, in general, everyone liked it, ”DeTsl recalled. Today Kirill Tolmatsky has only long dreadlocks from those years. Now he is 34 years old, and he is not at all the same as before. “Everyone has a certain stereotype: DeTsl is a little boy, with dreadlocks and a hat, who jumps and sings about parties. In order to slightly change this stereotype among people, it was necessary to distract them somehow. Accordingly, we came up with a new pseudonym Le Truk,” Kirill explained. Le Truk, aka Giuseppe Zestko, aka one of the most closed people for journalists - Cyril does not give interviews. He just continues to record new albums, but does not advertise them, starring in videos: “I try to attract the attention of as many people as possible on the Internet with my work. For me, this segment - television - is not so important now.
But why do those who used to be in the spotlight and 15 years ago did not leave the screens and pages of magazines, have now chosen peace and quiet? “Now the situation is such that the more modest you are, the more people are drawn to you. Because every time I try to convey something, talk about my work, my music, they begin to crawl into my personal life. No one is interested in what I do musically. But everyone is interested in what is happening in my family, ”complains Tolmatsky.
Most remember Cyril as the son of a famous producer, and he, by the way, is raising his own son, 12-year-old Anthony. What is the rap symbol of the 1990s doing now, besides music? From a rapper boy, Tolmatsky retrained as a businessman. Now he is a co-founder of a company that arranges parties for money, and not at home, but in any city in the country.
"Vice squad"
Group "Police of Morals". Photo: Sergey Miklyaev/TASS
This outrageous group in the 1990s, it seems, sang hits ... but no one will remember which ones. But they appearance was remembered by a lot of people: two brave bald girls suddenly appeared on the domestic stage: “We then received very decent fees: a ticket to our concert cost about a hundred dollars,” recalls a member of the group under the pseudonym Frida, “fabulous money at that time.”
Frida and Angel quickly became popular, but this fame also quickly passed when the bald heads of the singers lost their novelty, they stopped watching and listening to them. The singers were forced to take off their handcuffs and caps - the invariable attributes of girls on stage - and grow their hair. After the breakup of the group, each of the girls went about their own business: Angel left to seek her fortune abroad. There she opened a yoga school. And Frida lives in Moscow, her position is a housewife. But sometimes he runs away from home to perform in one or another club. Occasionally, the soloists of the Vice Police also meet each other. Former glory only dreams of girls.
Larisa Chernikova
Larisa Chernikova. Photo: chernikova.ru
There was a time, in the mid-90s, when the singer occupied the top lines of the country's music charts. But then she suddenly disappeared from sight. So, in order:
What Dima in our country will not remember the song “I love you Dima, what do I need so much”? Or here's another popular composition: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, to put it simply." At first, everything went well for Larisa: at the age of 19, she married a big businessman. It was he who helped Chernikova start her career as a singer. But in 1996, Larisa's husband was killed: “When he was gone, some people came and took everything away in two days,” Larisa later recalled. “I had to return to my mother with one suitcase.” Despite the tragedy, the singer did not stop writing songs and making videos. She had to start from scratch...
In the mid-90s, Chernikova disappeared from the air because she married an American whom she met on a dating site. And again, the girl completely changed her life, now enrolling as a farmer. But the American husband Chernikova had only one soul - to drink. Even despite the birth of a son, the couple divorced, and Larisa returned to Russia.
The singer was surprised and delighted to find that she was remembered here: “People came up to me, asked for autographs and take pictures. And they even sang my songs!” she said. In the past, in 2017, the 43-year-old singer released the album “Law OM”, where she sang mantras in Sanskrit.
Group "Kar-Man"
Bogdan Titomir. Photo: Global Look Press
The most popular team in those years lasted only a year, but Sergei Lemokh and Bogdan Titomir are remembered even after 25 years! Singers set the tone not only in music, but also in dance. Their signature leg swing was repeated at discos by both boys and girls.
Sergei Lemokh. Photo: carmanmusic.ru
The popularity of the guys was crazy, but with her arrival, conflicts began in the group. Lemokh wrote words and music, and Titomir only criticized his work. Once Sergey got tired of it, and he told Bogdan: “Who are you without me?” To which Titomir objected: “Who are you without me? Girls go to concerts just for me!” The group soon disbanded. Sergey stayed at Kar-Man, and Bogdan began to perform solo and was remembered by the audience with a phrase from the song “Do as I do!”.
However, neither one nor the other reached its former popularity. Today Sergei occasionally performs with his old songs in nightclubs. Unlike many bands, Titomir and Lemokh do not go out of their way to connect for the duration of performances in retro concerts.
Sergei Rogozhin
Sergei Rogozhin. Photo: facebook.com
The singer has long since quit show business: now, he works as an insurance agent. Today, few people remember him, but at one time Sergey simply tore the crowd with his hit "You are my summer winter, my winter summer ...". Slava Rogozhin was just crazy. Numerous admirers overcame him, were on duty at the entrance, wrote letters.
When the crisis came in 1998, many artists were left without work, the audience had no time for concerts, the “new Russians” had no time for corporate events. And Sergey just found a sponsor to record his new album, bought an apartment for his mother in St. Petersburg ... and suddenly such a bummer: he was left in debt, like in silks.
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But Rogozhin nevertheless found a way out: he retrained as an insurance agent. Earnings from a new profession brought Rogozhin three times more money than music. And then he decided not to return to the stage. And yet, from time to time, Rogozhin no, no, and even shake the old days: he will take out old leather pants from the chest and sing old hits in some club. True, there are usually few listeners, but he does this not for money, but for the soul.
The eighties for the Russian show business is a very interesting period. The Soviet foundations gradually ceased to act, extraordinary and talented young men appeared on the stage - singers of the 80s, Russians. The list of them can be continued almost indefinitely. It is also interesting that real masters and representatives of the new stage often met on the same stage. Also in these years there was a flourishing of rock culture, which until then had been in a strict framework.
Stage legends
The founders of the modern stage were the singers of the 70-80s (Russians). Their list includes well-known names:
- Vladimir Presnyakov (senior) in the late 70s made a dizzying career in the Gems group. In 1987, he left the big stage to help his son take his first steps in show business.
- In the 80s, Valery Leontiev dressed more modestly, but he was already famous thanks to his collaboration with Raymond Pauls. At the end of the decade, sales of Valery's sound carriers broke all records.
- The peak of Lev Leshchenko's career was the closing of the Olympics in Moscow. Not many singers of the 80s (Russians), the list of which is almost limitless, can boast of such an honor.
Other worthy performers of that time can be included in the same list. Iosif Davydovich Kobzon, for example, by the eighties had already become a vocal teacher and released records with records of retro songs, but the peak of his career came in the seventies.
Forgotten Artists
Some singers of the 80s Russian, the list of which will be given below, are now unreasonably forgotten:
- In the late eighties, the USSR was shocked by a group in which a pupil of an orphanage, Yuri Shatunov, performed. His colleague Andrei Razin competently promoted the project, using rumors, doubles and other tricks. Many years later, Yuri was never able to repeat his former success.
- Viktor Saltykov in the eighties performed as part of the Electroclub group, but he is more often known as the father of Irina Saltykova.
- Sergey Minaev became the ancestor of discos and the club movement, today few people will remember him.
These performers were consigned to oblivion only because of the rapidly changing stage of that time. The Russian singers of the 80s did not expect such a fate. The list of forgotten stars of the 90s will be much longer, since many then performed one hit and disappeared. Now the stars of the 80s and 90s often perform at combined nostalgic concerts dedicated to that time.
rock club representatives
Not all singers of the 80s (Russians) are forgotten. The list of men who performed in the rock music genre consists only of cult personalities who are still active on the stage:
- Vladimir Kuzmin began his career in the late 70s in the Karnaval group, but reached the peak of popularity in the 80s with the Dynamic group. He began to be recognized in every home in 1986, when he performed in a duet with Alla Pugacheva. In 2017, he presented the album “Roker-3. Closing of the season.
- Valery Kipelov began his career in the Leysya Song team in 1980. When the team did not pass the state program and closed, he was invited to the Aria group. Since 1985, he has performed in it. In 2017, he performed at the "Invasion" already with his own group "Kipelov", which was created in 2002, when Valery left the former team due to disagreements.
- Yuri Shevchuk became famous thanks to his hits "Rain", "Autumn", "That's all ...". Since 1980 he has been the leader of the DDT group. Differs in oppositional views, does not accept any power. In 2017, he became the headliner of the Invasion festival, performed for 2.5 hours and was well received by the public.
- The following singers of the 80s and 90s became an unusual phenomenon for the stage. The list of "Russian cult rockers of the 80s" is closed by two performers at once: the Samoilov brothers - Vadim and Gleb. Not so long ago they creative way dispersed, Gleb became the leader of the Matrixx group and in 2017 will please the public with a new album, and Vadim the presidential envoy. He regularly performs at Russian venues, participated in concerts in Syria and the Donbass. At the same time, the Saimolovs performed in the style of "rock decadence", which is how they differ from those listed above.
The eighties became the golden age for Russian rock. Most of the idols of even modern fans of this genre came from this period. The list of singers can include Grebenshchikov, Shklyarsky, Makarevich, Kinchev and many others.
Lost Talents
The listed lists cannot be considered complete, since they do not contain two surnames - Tsoi and Talkov. Probably, these singers would be more popular than others, because now their songs are remembered with special warmth. For many fans of their work, it is a chagrin that both performers died tragically in the prime of their careers. Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident, and Igor Talkov was shot dead backstage at a concert hall in the early nineties.
Tsoi was known as the herald of perestroika. His songs have become iconic for many, indeed the youth of the USSR wanted "changes". Igor Talkov was also a perestroika singer, his songs were heard during the putsch of the State Committee for the State of Emergency. They were more lyrical than Victor's. Talkov's most famous songs are "Clean Ponds" and "I'll be back."
